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What does that mail really mean? Does the patent grant extend to end users of Hadoop, or just the Apache foundation? What about users who patch their Hadoop? Is
by wingo 16y ago
What does that mail really mean? Does the patent grant extend to end users of Hadoop, or just the Apache foundation? What about users who patch their Hadoop? Is it revocable?
I'm sure there is good will here, but the system is disgusting.
- brainlounge 16y agoGoogle granted the license under the Apache License terms, and through distribution of Hadoop these extend to the end users of Hadoop under the very same Apache license. (AFAIUI, IANAL)